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Leading English universities should be encouraged to go private and set
unlimited fees, a former Education Secretary has said.

Lord Baker of Dorking who, as Kenneth Baker, introduced the National
Curriculum during Margaret Thatcher’s third term in office, said that the
current fee, which is capped at £9,000, wasn’t enough to keep top British
universities among the world’s best.

To remain competitive they should be given a guarantee that research grants
would not be withdrawn if they became privately funded and that their
undergraduates would still qualify for student loans, he said.